Re: Gun FACTS

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From: Dennis O'Connor
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 16:56

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Someone wrote:
 >We are implying that guns require many more steps to be
 >dangerous.  An explosive by it's nature is (potentially)
 >dangerous just sitting there.

This is not true of all explosives.  Military high-explosives
are remarkably inert : you can shoot them with a .50cal MG
and they jsut get holey; you can hit them with a sledge
and they just deform, you can put a match to them and they
just burn.  The only way to make them go boom is either to place
them in a strong sealed container and ignite them (although
this won't make for a very efficient boom) or set them off
with the shock wave from another explosive.

That last is the entire point of blasting caps and detonators, BTW.
THEY, of course, _are_ dangerous just sitting there, as is gunpowder.
--
Dennis O'Connor                          doconnor@sedona.intel.com
Intel i960(R) Microprocessor Division    Solely responsible for what I do.

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From: doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor)
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